Collaboration and by-laws enforcement in the City of Johannesburg

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dc.contributor.authorBaholo, M H
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-04T09:05:20Z
dc.date.available2016-08-04T09:05:20Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-04
dc.descriptionThis is a research report for the School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master‟s Degree in Public and Development Management March, 2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe post-1994 era in South Africa meant that apartheid laws such as the Group Areas Act could no longer restrict the movement of people into the urban areas where they moved in search of economic opportunities. In addition, migrant workers and asylum seekers were also keen to benefit from the expanding economy of Johannesburg. In later years, housing shortages and unemployment resulted in people residing in Johannesburg‟s public open spaces. However, residing in public open spaces is an infringement of the by-laws of the City of Johannesburg. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department is mandated by legislation to enforce by-laws. Due to the magnitude of the challenge of homelessness, it has become difficult for the police to enforce those by- laws. Based on the shift from conventional to modern policing strategies, collaboration with other stakeholders will assist the municipal police in ensuring that the enforcement of by-laws is effective. For this research project, the researcher utilised the qualitative approach. The sample used comprised one respondent from a non-governmental organisation and five officials from the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. The key findings indicated that lack of collaboration is a factor leading to the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department experiencing challenges in enforcing by-laws. The findings also showed that while attempts are being made by various stakeholders to address homelessness, such endeavours are not effective because they lack proper guidelines that inform multi- stakeholder collaboration. The recommendations cover a broader area of utilisation of development strategies and planning to review policing approaches in the City with the objective of improving by-law enforcement. Recommendations will also propose that stakeholders perspectives. collaboration should be a phenomenon so dynamic that need to approach it from academic and other related Ien_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20820
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.titleCollaboration and by-laws enforcement in the City of Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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